The White House warned that the U.S. may consider a military response to a rocket attack that hit an airbase in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are housed.
Buckingham Palace said Wednesday it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a former aide had made a bullying allegation against the Duchess of Sussex — days before Meghan's interview with Oprah is scheduled to air.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is searching for eight people to join him on the first private SpaceX trip around the moon, planned for 2023.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's 'embarrassed' by sexual harassment allegations against him but intends to stay in office.
The U.S. Capitol Police department has obtained intelligence pointing to a possible plot to "breach the Capitol by an unidentified militia group" on Thursday, the agency said Wednesday.
The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee stopped short of saying there would be no foreign fans at this year's games, but she certainly hinted at it Wednesday after online talks with IOC President Thomas Bach and others.
Myanmar security forces shot and killed at least eight people Wednesday, according to accounts on social media and local news reports, as authorities extended their lethal crackdown on protests against last month's coup. One human rights group put Wednesday's death toll as high as 18 people.
Quebec Premier François Legault is expected to announce updated COVID-19 restrictions that will apply after March 8 on Wednesday evening, a day after the province reported the lowest daily number of new COVID-19 infections since September.
A small porcelain bowl bought for $35 US at a Connecticut yard sale turned out to be a rare, 15th-century Chinese artifact worth between $300,000 and $500,000 US that is about to go up for auction at Sotheby's.
A new report by a group representing foreign correspondents in China says that "all arms of state power ... were used to harass and intimidate journalists" and that "new surveillance systems and strict controls on movement — implemented for public health reasons — have been used to limit foreign journalists."
